A case of double variant has been detected in us. The patient was 90 years old. We are telling you about it today on RTL INFO. She entered the hospital for something other than the covid last March. She tested positive for two variants, the Alpha also called British and the Beta, nicknamed South African. She died of covid a few days after admission.
> A nonagenarian died after being infected with two variants
Yves Van Laethem is the Covid-19 interfederal spokesperson. He was questioned this morning by Camille Mathoulin for Bel RTL on the fate of this nonagenarian. The case of this lady, is it the only one of which we are aware? “It is not the only one. To my knowledge, the first cases were detected in Brazil in February of this year” he said. And to develop: “Usually, this double infection can only exist if two different viruses are circulating widely. For now, we have the opportunity with the Alpha variant (British) and the Delta variant. Here, it is a little curious. There was (in March) the Alpha variant, logical it was dominant, but also a variant very little present, the South African variant. It really has to do with the fact that the person has unfortunately encountered two different contaminators. Both were able to transmit the virus “, said Yves Van Laethem.
So, are the consequences of a two-variant infection all the more serious? “As there are very few cases, we don’t know. The Brazilian cases were mild, for example. Probably not, I want to say. From a physiopathological point of view, for the two viral strains, it is ultimately the same virus. They work the same way. There is no reason to think it will be more serious unlike an infection with two viruses. In March of last year, the flu virus was still circulating. At that time, we were able to show that if the flu and the coronavirus were present, the course was more unfavorable. “
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